Cross Country Practise

In Te Ngahere we have been practising for cross country. We had to run from the bike shed around the field, around the pump track, then to the stairs in front of the whare over to the court and around it ,then back over the veranda back to the bike shed twice. On my first run I took 5 minutes and 32 seconds I did 5 mins and 2 seconds on my second run then added 10 secs on my last run. I think I did pretty well because usually I’m not good at cross country and don’t do very well. After each practise we wrote our time in our book. At the end of last week we made a line graph to keep track of our times. I really enjoy doing cross country but I think next practise I should pace myself better.

science fair

In Te Ngahere we have been doing projects for science fair. Ben and I chose to be buddies for science fair and chose to find out what is the best insulation for hot water in a bottle and ice in an ice cream container. So far we have finished our plan and are now wrapping up the bottles and ice cream containers in the materials. The materials Ben and I have chose are cardboard, paper, tinfoil, polystyrene and packing blanket. I have enjoyed learning about insulation and how it works which I still don’t exactly understand. I think next time we should only do the test on the ice cream containers because you can’t wrap the water bottles in polystyrene.

korowai

In Te Ngahere we have been designing feathers to make a class Korowai. I enjoy making the Korowai and the feathers. On the back of the feathers we added our goals in life. I found making the feathers really fun and drawing my designs. I think next time I could choose some different patterns instead of using my usual designs I use. I think the Korowai will look really cool with everyone's designs on it.

Statistics

Yesterday in Te Ngahere we learnt about Statistics. In statistics we had to look at two types of graphs. One was a pie chart and the other one was a bar graph. We had to pick which graph was better. We all picked the bar graph because it was simple to read and is easier to find out which author is better. After doing that we had to make a different graph to show the data. In the data we learnt which author is more popular than the other. I liked learning statistics in maths and I hope we continue doing stuff like this in maths. Here is my DLO for Statistics/Graphs. Statistics is a maths strategy all around gathering data and examining it then putting it into graphs.

Scientific Method

Today Te Ngahere started a new activity in reading about science. First we had to learn the scientific method and understand it. The scientific method is the order you do science in, which I have shown on my Info graphic. I learnt that science has a method sort of like any baking recipe you have. I also learnt that you can change your hypothesis in the middle of your testing. I enjoyed making my Info graphic and I think next time I need to read the scientific method text closer. The scientific method goes like this, step 1 ask a question step, 2 research, step 3 make a guess, step 4 experiment, step 5 examine your work and then step 6 present. Here is my Info graphic.

Animation

In Te Ngahere we made animations about what we had been learning about in reading; like refugee’s , The New Zealand Land Wars, immigrant’s, Thomas Kendall and missionaries. Me and my friend Ben chose to do the New Zealand Land Wars. We had to learn a lot about the New Zealand Wars to actually make the animation. I found it really fun at times and then sometimes it was really annoying and hard like when we had to change the bullets on 88 slides because they were not musket bullets. I enjoyed making people on Funko Pop Yourself and recording the animation. After we finished the animation we had to record it. When recording Ben kept making us have to restart because he wanted it to be perfect. I think this was a really fun activity. I learnt a lot about the New Zealand Wars and why the men fought in the war like Hone Heke went to Kororareka to fight because the British were moving the capital to Auckland. Here is me and Ben’s animation.

Quick rip

In Te Ngahere some year 7&8’s had the chance to go to the Keri Keri Rugby Field including me. First we were given a parent to go with to the Keri Keri Rugby Field, I got to go with Fonz’s Nana. We went there to play a Quick Rip Tournament. Once we got to the rugby field we had to find out which field we were going to play on. After that we found a spot to put our bags. Then we had to wait to 10:30 for our first game against Keri Keri 2 I was really nervous. After that we waited around 20 minutes then we played Rawene then Kaikohe. We won against Keri Keri 2 and Rawene then lost our game against Kaikohe. Once we finished our games we played passes and I did really well at catching during passes which me made me feel happy. Then the ball got kicked onto the roof and Fonz climbed up to get it. Finally we went back to school but Fonz’s Nana took us to McDonald s to get a frozen drink. I really liked my Blueberry and Raspberry drink it was really tasty. I enjoyed playing Quick Rip and I felt really proud of myself when I got 2 tries. I think next time I could try catching the ball better during the games. I also think next time I need to learn the rules a bit better instead of just joining the team blind. Here are some photos of the games.